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Around one in four retirees in the UK now return to work or ‘unretire’, mostly within five years of retiring, new research has found.

EU nationals working in Scotland contribute an average of £34,400 each to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – more than £4.4 billion a year – according to new data analysis.

Ross McEwan Fixed share allowances worth £3.2 million for the six months to December 31 have been awarded to bosses at still 73 percent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland.

Aldermore, which emerged as a ‘challenger bank’ to the big UK high street players through its online offering just eight years ago, has agreed to be bought by a South African financial firm.

A Fife solicitor who stole more than £269,000 from his aunt after taking control of her finances has been jailed.

The parent company of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has announced that it is setting aside more than £400 million to handle claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). CYGB, which also includes the Yorkshire Bank brand, had previously extended its provisions for PPI by £150 million in

'The Center' (left) peeks through the Hong Kong clouds. A 73-storey office tower in Hong Kong has been sold to a Chinese consortium in what is the highest transaction ever recorded for a single office building.

Link, the UK's largest ATM network with 70,000 machines, is proposing an overhaul to its operation which could result in a "vast reduction" in the number of free-access cash machines in Britain. Yesterday Link published a range of proposals included in its shake-up of the UK's ATM network, including

Ken Patullo Scotland’s businesses are being hit hard by escalating levels of distress, according to research published today by Begbies Traynor.

Scotland’s SNP government has called leaders in Westminster to reveal the extent of the impact that leaving the EU will have on Scotland’s financial services sector following warnings from the Bank of England today that 75,000 jobs in the industry are at risk from Brexit. Westminster has so far

Mike Dailly With the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) expected to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade this week, experts are issuing dire warnings that such a move could spell financial chaos for thousands of Scots.

Bosses at the so-called 'Bank of Mum and Dad' who have lent money to their children or grandchildren are owed, on average, £12,700, and more than one in 10 (11 per cent) of the Bank of Mum and Dad’s loans are for figures of more than £20,000, according to new research from Prudential.

From left: Graham Waddell, James Wilson and Russell Crichton Glasgow-based investment firm Speirs & Jeffrey has announced the appointment of James Wilson as deputy chief executive and as a director of the business.

Royal Bank of Scotland has sold its stake in settlement house Euroclear for €275m (£245m). The deal saw InterContinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, snapping up RBS’s 4pc stake.